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Home to the Invisible

by Carrie Tree

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1.
NEVER SAID GOODBYE Another airport, another plane ride, all the way home. Another hole in my shoe, a needle and thread, An hour to loose. Am I as tired as I seem, Am I floating on dreams that almost come true? Looks like I’m going nowhere, With burnt ground and heat, at 40 degrees. Just turn this day round, I need more time. I never finished what I’d begun, and I never said goodbye, I never said goodbye. I’m floating on sleeplessness, Running on restlessness, tired-eyed. On this journey through loneliness, I'm feeling this helplessness miles from the ground. I left in a rush, as usual, as I always do... Just turn this plane round, I need more time. I never finished what I’d begun, And I never said goodbye. I wish I’d said goodbye. But there’s always you, there’s always you in my mind. Another shadow that I crawl into, hiding in vain. Cos the sea keeps on breathing, With or without me, with or without me. Just turn this plane round, I need more time. I never finished what I’d begun, And I never said goodbye. Just slow this time down, I’m too far behind. And as it keeps spinning fast around me, I wish I’d said goodbye, I just wish I’d said goodbye.
2.
Mama Kita 04:13
Mama Kita Mama, I hear the call in every stone, Your ancient pulse drums me home. Father, our love's as timeless as the tree's Your gentle way shines down on me. Mama Kita Ma Khaya.. Gogo, I saw the red earth of your land, It wakes me and shakes me, takes hold of my hand. And here I stand with a quest on my heart, I'm here to heal my ancestors song, I'm here to find out where I come from... Mama Kita Ma Khaya.. The whispering wind says to follow it, My aching heart say's 'Drop everything - return to the fire' I love this ground so tenderly. Mama Kita Ma Khaya.. Mpe pelekeqe sigubhu siyavuma, Liyakubiza ikhaya lakho. Umama ulindile, umhilo ubaziwe. Umama Kita uyalilizela Waqhumisa mpepho umkhula UMama Kita ikhaya lami. Bavuma phezulu, Lavuma Izulu, Zavuma Izangoma, Savuma, Ngavuma
3.
BETTER NEXT TIME I can't find my words, I can't find my page Any blank one's filled up hours ago I make it cold in here I think I should go. I can't see my love, although I know he now sleeps in a hotel 10 miles away But dawn comes soon and he'll fly away. I think I've got something I really need to say I just don't know which direction I should go So come back my words, Come back my song Come back my faith when I knew I belonged Come back my peace that I can rest on I'll treat you better next time. I can't see my love, although I know he now sits in a cafe 5 miles away And if I don't come soon he'll walk away. I think I've got something I really need to say I just don't know which direction I should go. So come back my words, Come back my song Come back my faith when I knew I belonged Come back my peace that I can rest on I'll treat you better next time. I'm searching pages I know that I can't hide Am I just fighting the silence in my mind So come back my words, Come back my song Come back my faith when I knew I belonged Come back my peace that I can rest on Come back my lesson that I learnt all along Come back my friend, oh angel of mine As I know that left you behind Come back my truth that I know makes me shine... I'll treat you better next time.
4.
Perfectly Cast What an unfolding world, what a beautiful life. I just must have done something so right in my last. We all have our ghosts and our ties to the past. But we've just got remember the die is perfectly... It's perfectly cast It's perfectly cast. What a beautiful face  as the sun caught your eyes. You just must have something so right from the start. I can see it in your palm, I can see it in your stars. Thank you for remembering that it's perfectly... It's perfectly cast It's perfectly cast. We all have our ghosts and our ties from the past. And there's time I've been lost and so alone in the dark. But something of a whisper guides me back to my path. And I pray to remember that it's perfectly, somehow... It's perfectly cast
5.
Wild Winds 06:17
WILD WINDS Choices today my love, heavy choices on my mind. the thought we might end our story is burning up my skies But I have these choices I'm carrying round As these grey skies won't give in. Could we really be something? look at the state I'm in.. look at the state i'm in. Oh will you tell me, what does the your wild wind say? As I know she speaks to you fondly as you lie miles, you're miles away. And if you must let me down gently for fear my heart will over ride. Wild winds of wisdom what do our cards say? Should I go or stay or go or stay or go to him? Oh will you tell me what does your river say? As I know she sings to you softly As you lie miles, your miles away. And if you must let me down gently for fear my heart will over ride. Wild winds of wisdom What do our cards say? Should I go or stay or go or stay or go to him? I falter here at which page to open. As I feel you call me in the dream waking. I lay this down here - No place but surrender. As my soul resides here, Not with the redwood tree's. Wild winds of wisdom what do our cards say? What does our fate say? Should I go or stay or go or stay or go to him? Choices today my love, heavy choices on my mind. the thought we might end our story is burning up my skies...
6.
Tiny Universe Let’s tear it down slowly, And meet the truth of you and I. It’s warm and late, but i’m not sleeping I’m watching every moment live and then die As a tiny universe unfolds from your eyes. I don’t need to hear that we’re lone soldiers As I know in truth we never can be. Drink these tears flowing through me As they are born from both you and I As all the grief and praise unfolds from your eyes. I’m watching every moment live and then die As a tiny universe unfolds from your eyes. I lay my shield by the doorway And I see my fear lie sleeping. I feel the warmth of this life burning through me As we are born in blood and stars and those that walk before echo from our eyes, I’m watching every moment live and then die As a tiny universe unfolds from your eyes.
7.
Sweet Oak Tree I remember when you and me, climbed in the boughs of that sweet oak tree. You kissed patterns on my skin, Couldn't tell us apart from the branches that we lay in, from the branches that we lay in. And this sweet oak tree and I sing a gentle song Please come home before the last leaves have fallen down Fallen down. I remember when you and me, journeyed down to the Cornish sea. We slept by crashing shores, now that you're gone, I can still hear Cot Valley roar, I can still hear the way she roars. And this sweet oak tree and I sing a gentle song, please come home before too long. This sweet oak tree and I sing a gentle song, please come home before the last leaves have fallen down Fallen down. Fallen down… Amber deserts and turquoise skies The deep pull of your scorpio eyes, My green eyes miss you so. Over sea's to foreign lands to work a season for money in hand, My green eyes miss you so. My green eyes - they miss you so. And this sweet oak tree and I sing a gentle song, please come home before the last leaves have fallen down Fallen down...
8.
Glory Box 04:42
I'm so tired, of playing Playing with this bow and arrow Gonna give my heart away Leave it to the other girls to play For I've been a temptress too long Give me a reason to love you Give me a reason to be, a woman I just want to be a woman From this time, unchained We're all looking at a different picture Through this new frame of mind A thousand flowers could bloom Move over, and give us some room So don't you stop, being a man Just take a little look from our side when you can Sow a little tenderness No matter if you cry Give me a reason to love you Give me a reason to be, a woman I just want to be a woman.
9.
Water Song 07:50
WATER SONG I'm in the wild lands of Ireland, An old ancient town. Where our Grandfather's would have drunk fresh from the well. I'm sitting here quietly by the river shore, but I hear the clear song of sorrow coming from the river floor. I talked to a local man who dropped me off here, he said, "You can't drink or swim in any water round here no more, No you can't drink or swim in any water round here no more". It looked from a distance like a paradise place, To soak in precious summer sun, splash water on my face. But now that I'm closer the sad river ghosts appear, And all the dead confused fish with their chemical tears, They say, "Don't dare drink or swim in any water round here no more." Well where do you come from, And where would you flee? If we kill all the sweet water and there's just dead salty sea? And would we then fight for it, coz how would you survive, At what point would we notice all the river's had died? When you can't drink or swim in any water in this world no more? I make a prayer and I sing for all the water in this world, I will protect you, May I somehow not forsake you. I fell asleep at the wheel, I got severed from truth but I hope I'm waking up in time... I hope I'm waking up in time. Don't we know this yet? Earth is our body, As water's our blood. The virus of our greed is now reaching the edge. If we're not so careful they'll be no wild places left. Grandfather warns us of the red in the sky, If we keep on consuming with our insane denial. I don't mean to sound tragic, I don't mean to bring you down, But there are oceans of tears to be cried for the waste of this land. Where do you come from, And where would you flee? If we kill all the sweet water and there's just angry dead sea? How would we ever grieve this, Oh I need to hear you cry, At what point would you notice all the river's had died? Who would tell our children, what on earth would we say, "No you can't drink or swim in any water in this world no more?" So I make a prayer and I stand for all the water in this world - I will protect you, May I somehow not forsake you. I fell asleep at the wheel, I got severed from truth but I pray we're waking up in time... I pray we're waking up in time. Don't we know this yet? Earth is our body, As Water's our blood. Don't we know this yet? Earth is our body, as water's our blood. And I know this now, Earth is my body, as water's my blood.
10.
Thousand days I must have lived a thousand days like this before. As side to side, I'm haunted as my choices see-saw. All consumed, I am being eaten whole, By a hungry mind that's forever tugging at my soul. All you wild horses gather round, My spirits free never bound, I've come way too far to turn back now. We’ve come way too far to turn back now. It seems to me Like I've been seeking this for years. A way to stand truthfully in my grace and in my tears. I'm growing roots help me put them down, In a place that's green, As concrete is the cancer of our towns. All you wild voices gather round Our spirits free never bound. I adore this, this sacred ground I was born too this tender land. And we all have a choice to be present and kind this time round. As we've all gathered here, we've gathered together somehow. And we've come way too far to turn back now! I adore this, this sacred ground we’ve come way too far to turn back now, I was born too this tender land. I adore this sacred ground.
11.
Unfolds 04:47
UNFOLDS - It all unfolds in the end, I’ll just bide my time and trust. I'll be here, halfway up the stairs, I've some healing to do with you. We've come undone peacefully, but what a sad, sad song to be sung. We coiled and grew, Shared and mended Like no other I've known. And this song's for you, Always for you. I loved you more than I ever said, I think of you as a precious song in my head. I thank you for the grace of your way, I sing out my heart As it's sometimes so hard to say, …It's so hard to say. This songs for you, Always for you My love for you. Soul to soul. Soul to soul. So it all unfolds in the end Please just bide your time and trust.

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Home to the Invisible is Carrie's second album, self-released on Wild Cedar Records March 2014. Recorded in UK and South Africa. Working with acoustic Instruments from around the world with subtle layered production, whilst keeping the intimacy and spaciousness of the songs. Featuring Albert Mazibuko from Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Zamo, from the late Miriam Makeba's band. Recommended listening situation: With headphones on a long train journey...

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released February 22, 2014

All songs written by Carrie Tree (except Glory Box - written by Portishead)
Engineered by Matt Tweed
Produced by Matt Tweed, Carrie Tree and Rowan Sterk

Carrie Tree - vocals, harmonies, acoustic & electric guitar, piano, percussion & harp
Rowan Sterk - percussion
Asha McCarthy - cello
James Stathatos - double bass
Paul Bradbury - fretless bass
Matt Tweed - electric 12 string, fretless bass & gimbri
Ravi Ji - kora & additional guitar
Lee Westwood - hammer dulcimer
Avi Adir - nay/bansuri
Bob Hillary - slide guitar
Tim Cotterell - violin on Never Said Goodbye
Cye Wood - violin on Better Next Time
Jill parsons - violin on Unfolds
Jane Robertson - Clarinet
Dirk Campbell- kora, nyatiti & vocals on Mama Kita.
Chartwell Dutiro - mbira
Roy Groeneveld - djembe on Mama Kita
Stella Homewood - recorder on Sweet Oak Tree
Zoot Lynam - hang on Never Said Goodbye
Pedson Kasume- endingidi (traditional Ugandan tube fiddle) on Mama Kita
Mark Woodward & Ayla Schafer -
backing vocals on Better Next Time and Water Song

Mama Kita additional vocals-
Zamo Mbutho
Albert Mazibuko
Lu Dlamini
Casparo Brown 
Agata Sagna Cebral

Additional vocals on water song - Nathan Ball, Genie Being
Alex Aisher, Samira Harris, Sam Welbourne, Stevie P.

Art work support - Samira Harris, Lilian Simonsson, Caspar Brown, Marjolein de Vette.

Recorded at: Brighton Acoustic, Glynde Combe, Glynde Church, Firle hobbit house, Troubadour Studio Falmouth, Headroom Studio, Durban, St Dunstans Glastonbury. The Sun House, Good Times Music.
Mastered by Robin Tyndale-Biscoe at Light Vessel Mastering

P & C Wild Cedar Records 2014
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Massive gratitude to all the musicians and people involved in making this album x

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Carrie Tree is a captivating performer, with a troubadour free-spirit, & creative passion for life.
Creating a deeply intimate setting & with a powerful capacity for storytelling, she weaves her mesmeric voice around her melodies, touching on poignant subject’s & melting borders within us
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